Improved knife-scourer



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JOHN QUINOY ADAMS AND SAMUEL R. GOODSELL, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 101,698` (lated April 12, 1870.

IMPROVED KNIFE-SCOURER.

HOW-

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS and SAMUEL R. GooDsELL, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Knife-Scourer; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part'oi this specification.

Figure l represents a vertical section of our improved machine.

Figure 2 is a horizontal section of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement for cleaning and scouring table-knives.

The invention consists in the use of a cylindrical box, which-has a peribrated bottom, and is combined with an annular cork secured against the bottom. lhe cork constitutes the rubbing-surface, the sand or scouring substance being fed along through the perforated bottom.

A in the drawing represents a box made of sheet metal or other material of cylindrical or other suitable form.

Its bottom a is raised above the lower end to leave a downward-projecting rim, b, in which an annular piece of cork, B, or other equivalent substance, can be held. above the opening in the cork. Sand stance is placed in the box.

The device is applied by rubbing the lower surface of the cork over the blade which is to bien cleaned. The motionof the box will cause the sand to fall through the apertures in the bottom, and to be thereby fed to the rubbing surface of the cork. The whole device, it will be seen, is simple, and can be cheaply made. It will be found a convenient implement in households.` The cork, when worn, can be readily replaced.

Having thus described our invention,y

We claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent A sand-box A, having anges b and perforated bottom a, combined with an ordinary cork B, through whose center the sand is fed automatically, as set forth.

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. SAMUEL R. GOODSELL. Witnesses:

GEO. 'W. M ABEE, AL'EX. F. ROBERTS.

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